The Organized Mind : Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload - Daniel J. Levitin

The Organized Mind

Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

By: Daniel J. Levitin

Paperback | 4 June 2015 | Edition Number 1

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Even the smartest mind can't beat the organized mind . . . In the digital age we are overwhelmed by information. Unable to make sense of it all, our creativity plummets and decision-making suffers. Daniel Levitin shows us how we got here and why smart organization improves our memory, our attention span and even our imagination. You'll discover that- Your brain has a daily processing limit - why waste it on cat photos? Daydreaming is your brain at its most productive Multitasking is a bad way to do nearly everything The Organized Mind will teach you to function better, go further and find more time to do the things you actually want to do. 'Thought-provoking and practical . . . Good advice based on sound neuroscientific principles.' Sunday Times 'Sensible, practical advice . . . a comprehensive account of the way we think about organizing everything from our possessions to our friends.' Financial Times 'Deservedly a bestseller . . . ' Independent 'Levitin is as knowledgeable a guide to neuroscience as one might hope for.' New York Times Book Review
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Thought-provoking and practical... Good advice based on sound neuroscientific principles * Sunday Times *

Sensible, practical advice ... a comprehensive account of the way we think about organizing everything from our possessions to our friends

* Financial Times *
[An] impressively wide-ranging and thoughtful work...The Organized Mind is an organized book, but it also rewards dipping in at any point, for there are fascinating facts and examples throughout * Wall Street Journal *
Dan Levitin has more insights per page than any other neuroscientist I know. The Organized Mind is smart, important, and as always, exquisitely written * Daniel Gilbert, author of 'Stumbling on Happiness' *
Deservedly a bestseller... The Organized Mind is from the school of Daniel Kahneman but it earns its keep. Levitin demonstrates how easily we are bamboozled by statistical tricks in medicine, finance and safety, making his points with pithy stories * Independent *
From how not to lose your keys to how to decide when the risks of surgery are worth it, Levitin focuses on smart ways to process the constant flow of information the brain must deal with * Washington Post *
An erudite synthesis of Levitin's own contributions, recent advances in our understanding of attention and memory, and a deep perspective on the ways the human mind works * Stanley Prusiner, M.D. Nobel Laureate, director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of California, San Francisco *
Levitin is about as knowledgeable a guide to neuroscience as one might hope for * New York Times Book Review *
Dan Levitin has more insights per page than any other neuroscientist I know. The Organized Mind is smart, important, and as always, exquisitely written. -- Daniel Gilbert, author of 'Stumbling on Happiness'
The Organized Mind is the perfect antidote to the effects of information overload. Loved it. -- Scott Turow, New York Times bestselling author of 'Identical' and 'Innocent'
Already deservedly a bestseller... The Organized Mind is from the school of Daniel Kahneman but it earns its keep. Levitin demonstrates how easily we are bamboozled by statistical tricks in medicine, finance and safety, making his points with pithy stories. * Independent *

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